Court blocks soldiers’ eviction
MASERU — The Lesotho High Court on Tuesday blocked efforts by Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Commander Thuso Motanyane to evict two soldiers accused of high...
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The key is to decentralise
AS I SEE IT SINCE independence in 1966 the city of Maseru has experienced tremendous growth. This has been due, among other things, to...
How to deal with dandruff
DOCTOR’S CORNER DANDRUFF is the single most common problem that can occur to a lot of people. To have a few white-flaked cells...
Women betraying the equality struggle
STEAMING IT OFF IS IT not funny how women wail about equality yet they are the first to put themselves beneath men? Seriously, we...
Likuena hit rock bottom
MASERU — Sometimes results and score-lines can be misleading, failing to paint the full picture or even changing the reality of what happened. But in...
From cup to league kings?
MASERU — Like the sunrise on a chilly, sleepy morning, the new Buddie Premier League season brings with it bright hopes and warm expectations...
Moshoeshoe punches his way to world stage
MASERU — Mokhachane Moshoeshoe, 18, can be the next Moses Kopo — that is according to his coach Liphalo Moeketsi. The young boxer this week...
Vodacom voting: Bantu hold lead
MASERU — Bantu maintained a healthy lead in the latest voting for the 2009 Vodacom Soccer Spectacular tournament this week. The Mafeteng outfit have increased...
No new coach
MASERU — Likuena will not be looking for a new coach any time soon. The announcement of a new coach could take place as late...
D-Day for MKM
MASERU –– The fate of MKM, the company in which millions of money belonging to thousands of depositors is locked up, could be decided at...
Police commissioner fights jail sentence
MASERU — Police Commissioner Malejaka Letooane this week continued her battle to reverse a jail sentence slapped on her for contempt of court three weeks...
Workers take wage fight to parliament
MASERU — Textile factory workers have requested parliament to urgently intervene and help improve their miserable working conditions and meagre wages. Workers from five textile...
‘Evil thoughts made me rape granny’
MASERU — A 27-year-old man, Matsoso Lieta, begged for mercy in court last Thursday saying he raped an 80-year-old woman after he had been overcome...
Police raid Soulo home
MASERU –– The police on Sunday stormed the home of an opposition legislator Molobeli Soulo allegedly looking for arms, the Lesotho Times has learnt. Soulo...
A mother’s grief
MASERU –– When ‘Makamohelo Tsietsi bid farewell to her son last Tuesday morning she did not know that by evening he would be lying unconscious...
Be neutral over PR seats issue: Thabane
MOHALE’S HOEK — All Basotho Convention (ABC) leader, Thomas Thabane, last Sunday appealed to church leaders mediating in the proportional representation seats issue to be...
Briton found dead
MASERU — A 70-year-old British national, James Charles Thompson, was found dead in his house in Maseru West last Wednesday. A neighbour who spoke to...
Bodies repatriated
MASERU — The bodies of two Mozambicans who died during a botched attack at Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s residence in Maseru last April were repatriated...
It’s critical to discuss PM’s succession without fear
AS I SEE IT THERE is a raging debate whether Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili should retire after the 2012 elections. A debate of this...
A brush with fate
BOTTOMS UP WITH BACCHUS She can’t keep away from trouble, this girl we call Savannah. Yet what one “artist” did to her was so...
LRA, banks sign tax filing deal
MASERU –– Two local banks have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) allowing taxpayers to fill in their tax returns...
LCT boss calls for benchmarking of operations
MASERU –– Lesotho Council of Tourism boss Motlatsi Rametse on Monday urged players in the tourism sector to improve their businesses to meet international standards....
Likuena eye fresh start
MASERU –– Tomorrow Lesotho play Malaysia –– the side’s first game since the sacking of Zaviša Milosavljevic as coach last week. The Serbian’s assistant Leslie...
LCS beat Free State Stars
MASERU – LCS beat South African Premier League outfit Free State Stars 3-1 in a friendly game on Saturday. The match was played at Goble...
Buddie A-Division kicks off
MASERU –– The new Buddie A-Division season kicks off this weekend. The twenty team division is divided into two ten-team leagues, the northern stream and...
League kicks off
MASERU – The 2009/10 Buddie Premier League season will at last kickoff next weekend. A start date of September 19 had been suggested at a...
Lioli mull legal action
MASERU –– Lioli are threatening to take legal action after they were denied a place in the Champions League next year. Last month, league champions...
‘I want my job back’
Mosisili accuser fights for reinstatement MASERU — The woman who accused Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili of having an extra-marital affair with a cabinet minister two...
Soldiers storm mine
MASERU –– A strike called by workers at Lets’eng Diamond Mine collapsed on Monday after heavily armed soldiers stormed the mine. The workers are employed...
Monitor boss dies
MASERU –– The editor-in-chief of the Monitor newspaper, Dr Rakoro Phororo, has died. Phororo died last Thursday during a private visit to London, England. He...